Since the news unfolded, there hasn’t been a day to go by when someone hasn’t asked me about my thoughts concerning the New Orleans Saints’ bounty program.

The first thought is total embarrassment and disgust with several individuals directly involved with this situation, foremost being ex-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and general manager Mickey Loomis.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jarrett Samuels will have company on the flight to Oregon. Two days after Samuels punched his ticket to Eugene and the NCAA Championships, Charla Craddock followed suit with a personal record time and the sixth-fastest 200m time in school history as action concluded at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville Saturday evening.

Ruston High School looks to get back on a winning track as the Bearcats play at Pineville in District 2-5A action at 7 p.m. today.
The Bearcats stand at 4-2 after falling 33-17 last week in their District 2-5A opener at West Monroe while Pineville stands at 1-5 after losing 27-0 last week at Alexandria Senior High.

Ruston does have the advantage of sophomore quarterback Eric Outley coming off a big game against the Rebels. Outley connected on 25 of 28 passes for 352 yards and two scores.

The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs are back in the Thomas Assembly Center at 6:30 p.m. today in an exhibition game against Southwest Baptist that will serve as its final tune-up for the 2015-16 regular season.

“It has been a great five months,” new Tech head coach Eric Konkol said. “You dream of being a head coach, running your program and getting to work with great student-athletes.”

The Bulldogs will be without sophomores Jacobi Boykins and Joniah White for the exhibition and first two games of the regular season as they are academically ineligible, stemming from the spring quarter.